This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Northern Tutchone. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Neeʔaandegʔ/Nee'aandeg'
The Northern Tutchone alternative orthography

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

A a

[a]
2 Ą ą Ą ą [ã]
3 Ä ä Ae ae [æ]
4 B b B b [p]
5

C c

 Ts ts

[t͡sʰ]
6 C’ c’ Ts’ ts’ [t͡s’]
7 Č č Ch ch [t͡ʃʰ]
8 Č’ č’ Ch’ ch’ [t͡ʃ’]
9 D d D d [t]
10 Dď dď Ddh ddh [t͡θ]
11 Dł dł Dl dl [t͡ɬ]
12 Ď ď Dh dh [ð]
13 E e E e [e]
14 Ę ę Ę ę [ẽ]
15 Ë ë Ä ä [ə]
16 ʨ ę¨ Ą̈ ą̈ [ə̃]
17 G g G g [k]
18 Gw gw Gw gw [kʷ]
19 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ɣ]
20 Ǧw ǧw Ghw ghw [ɣʷ]
21 H h H h [h]
22 I i I i [i]
23 Į į Į į [ĩ]
24 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
25 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
26 K k K k

[kʰ]
27 Kw kw Kw kw

[kʷʰ]
28 K’ k’ K’ k’ [k’]
29 K’w k’w K’w k’w [kʷ’]
30 L l L l [l]
31 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
32

M m

M m

[m]
33

Mb mb

Mb mb

[ᵐp]
34

N n

N n

[n]
35 Nd nd Nd nd [ⁿt]
36 Nǰ nǰ Nj nj [ⁿt͡ʃ]
37 O o O o [o]
38 S s S s [s]
39 Š š Sh sh [ʃ]
40 T t T t

[tʰ]
41 T’ t’ T’ t’ [t’]
42 Tť tť Tth tth [t͡θʰ]
43 Tťʼ tťʼ Tthʼ tthʼ [t͡θʼ]
44 Tł tł Tl tl

[t͡ɬʰ]
45 Tł’ tł’ Tl’ tl’ [t͡ɬ’]
46 Ť ť Th th [θ]
47 U u U u [u]
48 Ų ų Ų ų [ũ]
49 W w W w [w]
50 X x Kh kh [x]
51 Xw xw Khw khw [xʷ]
52 Y y Y y [j]
53 ʔ ʔ ' [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, q, r, v, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by b, b, k, l, b, s, respectively.
Tones
High á
Mid-high a
Rising â

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